Here at Chateau Bissage, we disbud, deadhead and fertilize with bonemeal.

The disbudding seems to produce a bigger flower with less flop. I'm not sure that the deadheading does anything more than tidy things up a bit. The bonemeal seems to produces a more vigorous, more floriferous, plant.

It’s important to disBud for satisfactory results. Life and garden are beautiful ever since doing it last Feb.

While the flower photos are quite beautiful, this single overly large one reminds me of O’Keefe. Wouldn’t put a print of hers on the wall for the same reason that I’m not interested in ever sitting through the Vagina Monologues. Is that so wrong of me?